Chapter 192

S-Rank Butei.

That is not an evaluation one can obtain easily.

Perhaps, on the first day of the entrance exam, Fang Li gained the title of S-Rank Butei, making many people think that S-Rank Butei wasn’t that rare.

In reality, there were only 712 S-Rank Butei in the whole world.

Even with Fang Li, the total count would be 713.

Therefore, S-Rank Butei could be considered the pillars of the Butei world, the elite of the elite. Even a single S-Rank Butei could take down an entire special forces team, and their combat capabilities were seen as superhuman by ordinary people.

Precisely because of this, gaining an S-Rank rating on the first day of the entrance exam was enough to attract attention not only within one country but also from other countries.

It’s easy to imagine just how few S-Rank Butei there were in a small Butei high school.

At least among the second-year students of Butei High, you could probably count the number of S-Rank Butei on one hand.

Given this, during the training in the Assault Department, only Tohyama Kinji, who could enter Hysteria Mode, had the ability to spar with Fang Li. Everyone else was easily defeated by him.

However, not long ago, a transfer student came to Butei High and joined the Assault Department.

“Kanzaki H. Aria.”

While Riko was hanging on Fang Li’s arm like a child, she slowly began to speak.

“She’s an S-Rank Butei from the United Kingdom, who just transferred to Butei High last semester. She wields two Colt M1911 Government Model pistols and two Kodachi, earning her the nickname ‘Quadra Aria.'”

“You really investigated her thoroughly.” Fang Li smirked and said, “No wonder you’re an A-Rank Butei in Inquesta.”

This was one of the reasons why Fang Li had noticed Riko from the beginning.

Although she was an otaku girl with such a personality, Riko was a skilled Butei in espionage, surveillance, wiretapping, and hacking, possessing exceptional intelligence-gathering abilities, which earned her an A-Rank Rating.

During the Sayonaki incident, Fang Li had asked Riko to gather information.

Now, Riko once again demonstrated her extraordinary intelligence-gathering abilities, having thoroughly investigated the transfer student from the United Kingdom.

“If it’s that transfer student, then she should be able to satisfy Li Li, who is also an S-Rank Butei, right?” Riko pointed her finger at Fang Li’s arm and said with a suggestive expression.

“I heard that since transferring to the Assault Department, that transfer student has been inquiring about your information, even keeping tabs on your whereabouts.”

Fang Li was naturally aware of this.

After all, he was in the Assault Department.

Naturally, he couldn’t be unaware of the transfer student’s constant search for him.

However, throughout the third semester, the two of them had never met till now and the reason for that was simple— Fang Li was always busy.

In Butei High, Fang Li was known as a workaholic.

Whenever there was a high-difficulty commission, Fang Li would take it on and go out to complete the mission.

High-difficulty commissions usually required a significant amount of time. Especially those that required traveling long distances, sometimes taking one or two months to complete.

Such commissions were not usually posted on the bulletin board. Instead, suitable candidates were selected by the teachers in the Academic Affairs department to carry them out.

As a rising star in the Assault Department, unlike Tohyama Kinji, Fang Li was always very active. Therefore, he was often entrusted with high-difficulty commissions by the Academic Affairs department, which meant he had been on numerous distant missions.

As a result, the third semester was just a few months long, but Fang Li spent a lot of time away from school.

Meanwhile, the transfer student, also an S-Rank Butei, took on numerous popular commissions, which often kept her away from school as well. As a result, throughout the entire third semester, Fang Li had not once laid eyes on the transfer student.

However, whenever Fang Li returned to Butei High after completing a job, the students in the Assault Department would inform him that the transfer student had been looking for him.

“As fellow S-Rank Butei, she most likely wants to challenge you to a duel, to determine who is the No.1 in the Butei High Assault Department Second Grade.”

[“There’s finally someone who might be able to keep up with you, you monster.”

“I hope the duel ends with casualties.”

“And it would be even better if the one who dies is you.”

“Precisely, precisely.”]

The above were the words of the Assault Department students.

Thinking about this, Fang Li couldn’t help but chuckle. “Could it be that Kanzaki-San really wants to duel with me?”

“I don’t know,” Riko replied in her sweet voice, “but I heard that the transfer student is in our class this year.”

“In our class?” Fang Li was surprised and uttered, “Really?”

“Really. But it seems like there was some incident today, so the transfer student probably won’t be coming to class,” Riko raised her head as she spoke while looking directly at Fang Li.

It might have been just Fang Li’s imagination, but for a split second, he thought he saw a peculiar glint in Riko’s innocent eyes— it was as if she were anticipating a hunt, a mix of cruelty and delight.

Then, Riko returned to her usual sweet smile and said, “Well, Li Li will eventually meet Aria, that’s for sure.”

Leaving those words behind, Riko hopped away like a rabbit and started chatting with the others.

Watching this scene, Fang Li shrugged, turned his head, and looked out the window at the scenery. A faint smile curved his lips.

“Kanzaki H. Aria… I hope she’s an interesting person…”

…

Time passed slowly.

Before long, the evening sun began to set, enveloping Butei High in the dusk.

One by one, students started leaving the campus, chatting and laughing as they dispersed in all directions.

Among them was Fang Li.

Due to their specialized classes starting from the fifth period, students from different departments had different dismissal times.

Shirayuki’s Supernatural Selective Research Department required more dedication than other departments, so the students usually stayed in school later.

Thus, today, Fang Li was heading home alone.

“But it’s just not being able to go home together, there’s no need to send so many apology messages, right?”

Walking on a dimly lit street, Fang Li checked the SMS sent by Shirayuki and couldn’t help but find it amusing and exasperating at the same time.

In the next moment, Fang Li’s footsteps suddenly halted an at the same time, the atmosphere around him drastically changed.